Thursday, January 10, 2013
The event, celebrating the Paulding Chamber of Commerce’s 52nd year, will be held Jan. 17 at the Paulding County Senior Center.
Time is running out to secure what is typically a hot ticket in Paulding County. The Paulding Chamber of Commerce’s annual seated dinner, which will commemorate the organization’s 52nd year of existence, will be held at the Paulding County Senior Community Center Thursday, Jan. 17. The event will begin with a VIP reception at 6 p.m. and dinner seating at 7 p.m. Few tickets remained as of earlier this week and are being sold individually at $125 each. Rhubarb Jones will give the event’s keynote address. Formerly the longest-running morning radio personality in Atlanta, according to his website, Jones now serves as a part-time instructor of communication at Kennesaw State University as well as the college’s director of special events in the …
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Friday, October 26, 2012
Organizers are seeking more donors and vendors for the Nov. 10 event that will help support the 18-year-old Comer, who last month was found malnourished in a Los Angeles bus station.
The Paulding County 18-year-old at the center of a case involving years of alleged abuse will be the recipient of funds raised by an event next month. A community fundraising event set for Saturday, Nov. 10, will support “The Mitch Overcomer Fund,” named after Mitch Comer, who on Sept. 11 was found by authorities in a Greyhound bus station in Los Angeles. At the time, the 18-year-old, whom authorities said appeared to only be 12 or 13, weighed only 87 pounds and was just over 5 feet tall. Comer told authorities that his stepfather, Paul Comer, had given him $200 and a list of homeless shelters, then put him on a bus in Jackson, Miss. But the teen said his abuse spanned years and included confinement to his room and meals consisting of only…
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012
The parents of the Dallas teen who last month had been found malnourished in a Los Angeles bus station each face 10 charges in the wake of a weeks-long investigation, according to published reports.
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012
A grand jury on Tuesday indicted the parents of a Dallas teenager who had been found in Los Angeles last month, malnourished and underweight, after he was allegedly put on a bus with $200 and a list of homeless shelters. The Associated Press reported that 18-year-old Mitch Comer’s stepfather, Paul Comer, and mother, Sheila Comer, were charged Tuesday with seven counts of cruelty to children, two counts of false imprisonment and one count of kidnapping. The indictment alleges the two caused the teen physical and mental harm by depriving him of food, confining him in a room, punching him in the jaw and kicking him in the groin, among other forms of abuse. Authorities found Mitch Comer Sept. 11 in a Greyhound bus station in Los Angeles. The …
Friday, October 5, 2012
Paul and Sheila Comer were denied bond Thursday in a case involving suspected abuse of their son, 18-year-old Mitch Comer.
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Friday, October 5, 2012
The parents of the Dallas teen who last month had been found malnourished in a Los Angeles bus station were denied bond, according to published reports. Paul and Sheila Comer now await an Oct. 25 hearing after being denied bond during a hearing in a Paulding County courtroom Thursday. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that detectives testified that 18-year-old Mitch Comer went without contact with the outside world for years. After Paul Comer, the teen’s stepfather, allegedly put him on a bus in Mississippi after giving him cash and a list of homeless shelters, the boy was found Sept. 11 by officers who mistook him for a 12- or 13-year-old due to his size—he weighed 87 pounds and stood just over 5 feet tall. The young Comer had …
Monday, October 1, 2012
Mitch Comer is living with a local family and gained 10 pounds last week, according to the sheriff's office.
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Monday, October 1, 2012
In an attempt to try and understand why a local teen was abused, including food deprivation and confinement, detectives with the Paulding County Sheriff's Office and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation have been interviewing family members. Law enforcement officials recently traveled to Kentucky to meet with the stepfather, Paul Comer's family, according to a press release. The mother's family came to Paulding County to talk with authorities. Mitch Comer was found by authorities Sept. 11 in a Greyhound bus station in Los Angeles. The 18-year-old, whom authorities said appeared to only be 12 or 13, weighed only 87 pounds and was just over 5 feet tall. Comer told authorities that 48-year-old Paul Comer, had given him $200 and a list of …
Tammy
11:17 am on Saturday, November 10, 2012
This is such a sad story. May the " so called" Parents get what they deserve & more! I just pray that this young man gets a chance at a happy life & is able to overcome all of this. May God keep him safe. more ›